Haiku by Shiki
Lifting up the hatchet,
To cut it down,
It was budding [1]
鉈あげてきらんとすれば木の芽かな
nata agete kiran to sureba konome kana
12 1/4" W x 43" H Japanese Scroll
by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase
$220
Description
Lifting up the hatchet,
To cut it down,
It was budding
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nata agete kiran to sureba konome kana |
鉈あげて きらんとすれば 木の芽かな |
| shiki | 子規 |
鉈あげてきらんとすれば木の芽かな (nata agete kiran to sureba konome kana): hatchet raised, about to cut, and there, the buds. 鉈 is the woodsman's short heavy blade; あげてきらんとすれば is raised it and was about to cut, when, the turn inside すれば that carries a discovery; 木の芽, konome, is the tree's buds, the spring season word; かな closes on the buds and holds the arrest. Shiki's editors printed it in 1925 among the verses of 1893, first under the heading 木の芽, and it is the buds that stop the hand. Blyth, in the preface to the last volume of his Haiku in 1952, gave it as the plainest case of the haiku poet's tenderness of mind, shown, he said, almost too distinctly. A small verse of a young man's spring: the cut is coming, the buds are seen only now, and the verse is the stop.
Translation by R. H. Blyth, Haiku, Volume Four: Autumn-Winter (1952), Preface, page vii.
About Our Scrolls
Eri Takase was born and raised in Osaka, Japan, and holds the rank of Shihan, the highest rank in Japanese calligraphy, from the Bokuteki-kai and the Bunka-shodo. About Master Takase
Master Takase personally brushes your Japanese scroll when you order. Each scroll proudly bears her red seal, 英利, and her signature.
The scrolls are 12 1/4" W × 43" H (31 × 109 cm) with real silk borders and Japanese paper that are layered so the scroll hangs straight and will not warp over time. The scrolls themselves are made by Sankō (株式会社三幸) in Gifu prefecture, which has been making high quality scrolls since 1947, and we have worked with Sankō for over two decades.
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